Tim Treadgold

THERE is, believe it or not, a chardonnay shortage emerging in Australia.

PENNY dreadful nickel stocks, in case no-one noticed, ran out of puff last week with some notable falls as the rotary lie detector, also known as the drill bit, delivered a few so

INVESTMENT advice can be a tricky business. Get it right and you’re a hero. Make a mistake and you never sit with your back to the window.

SHARE options offered to employees and directors, we are told, act as an incentive. Have we got that clear.

WHAT is worse than not having enough money? For some people, dear souls, it is the problem of having too much.

IT is a brave man who dares criticise the concept of community banks. The name seems to say it all, especially when the emphasis is put on that meaningless word, community, which conjures up visions of “one for all, and all for one” ... etc etc.

SCOTS never joke about money, but there must be a few smiles in the boardroom of the Bank of Scotland thanks to the rise-and-rise of the BankWest share price.

IT has been a long time since anyone whispered the word “uranium” on the stock market. But listen closely and you can hear a few excited conversations about the great uranium revival.

WHEN a man loses $328 it is hardly an event to cause much excitement. So why, on May 14, did the Ministry of Fair Trading issue a press release lamenting the loss incurred by Douglas Bradshaw, a 60-year old from Nollamara?

VISITORS to the Perth circus, sorry, the Lang Hancock coronial inquest, may have noticed something odd going on.Well, let’s face it, the whole affair is pretty damned odd.

IF anyone doubts that Perth has become a “branch office” city then learn from this enlightening encounter with Challenge Bank, BP – and a car which allegedly consumed 8705 litres of fuel in a week.